Up Your Score by Larry Berger & Michael Colton, Michael Colton, Manek Mistry, Paul Rossi, Workman Publishing
Authors: Larry Berger & Michael Colton, Michael Colton, Manek Mistry, Paul Rossi, Workman Publishing
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compunction about puncturing your tires with Japanese throwing stars, but I went ahead and did it anyway.
concurrent
----
at the same time
Note:
This is another decodable word:
John Adams’s and Thomas Jefferson’s deaths were almost concurrent ; they both died on Independence Day, 1826.
congenital
----
existing at birth
Note:
This is decodable too: “con-” means together and “genital”—well, you figure it out.
Unless you’ve had a sex change, your genitals are congenital .
conjecture
----
statement made without adequate evidence
“ Can Jack sure ly reach that conclusion?” I asked. “Or is it only a conjecture ?”
conjugal
----
pertaining to marriage
Unless you can juggle both your careers, you will not have conjugal happiness.
contort
----
twist; bend
We recommend that you contact your local contorti onist in order to learn the skills necessary for sitting in an SAT chair.
contrition
----
remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing
When Trish broke the priceless gorilla sculpture, she was overcome with contrition .
controversial
----
of, relating to, or causing dispute
Distributing contra ceptives in high school is a controversial issue.
convoke
----
to call together; to cause to assemble
Note:
Decode:
The mayor convokes a town meeting so that the citizens can voc alize their grievances.
corp-
----
a root meaning “body”
Example: corp se = dead body
corporal
----
of the body; bodily
Corporal Thomas gave me corporal punishment because I saluted him with my foot instead of my hand.
corpulent
----
obese; having a fat body
The corpulent corp oral gave up eating for Lent .
corroborate
----
to testify in agreement
Do you have any witnesses who can corroborate that this is the restaurant where Bonnie and Clyde (co-robbers) ate ?
countermand
----
to cancel a command
“Work in the stockroom today,” the shopkeeper ordered. “No, wait!” he countermanded , “Keep the front counter manned !”
covert
----
concealed; secret (see OVERT )
When the press finds out about the CIA’s covert operations, the CIA tries to cover it up.
cower
----
to quiver; shrink from fear
The coward cowered .
crass
----
uncultured
“Is it crass to scratch an ass ?” the cow asked the donkey.
credulity
----
gullibility
His credulity led him to think that the preposterous alibi was cred ible. I found it too in cred ible to believe.
crestfallen
----
dejected
“I’m sorry I dropped the toothpaste,” he said, crestfallen .
crux
----
main point; central issue; heart of the matter
Note:
Crux is the Latin word for “cross,” as you can tell from the word crucifix , and a cross is always made when two lines meet in the center.
“The crux of our work is to cruc ify crooks ,” explained the Roman policeman.
cull
----
to select; weed out
Coll ege admissions officers cull the best applications from the pile.
cupidity
----
greed; avarice
Note:
Although Cupid is usually associated with love, he’s actually the god of desire, including desire for money.
Dan is possessed with stupidity as well as cupidity ; he stole a lot of money, but then he burned it to get rid of the evidence.
A Mystery
It was one of those steamy nights when the sky is lousy with stars. I was enjoying a cathartic cerebration and culling the blue M&M’s from the M&M cache in the office of the Sure-Lock Homes Locksmith and Detective Agency. Suddenly, my cogitations were interrupted by a cacophonous sound and a cataclysmic vibration that reverberated through my capacious office. I stepped with circumspection into the hall because I was afraid someone might be up to some chicanery . I found a chaotic scene: a corpulent man lying contorted at the bottom of the stairs. Blood was gushing through a wound in his side, and I could see the ciliated lining of his small intestine. I decided to take charge.
I asked with compunction , “Golly, are you okay?”
He replied caustically , “Sure, I’m just swell. And how
concurrent
----
at the same time
Note:
This is another decodable word:
John Adams’s and Thomas Jefferson’s deaths were almost concurrent ; they both died on Independence Day, 1826.
congenital
----
existing at birth
Note:
This is decodable too: “con-” means together and “genital”—well, you figure it out.
Unless you’ve had a sex change, your genitals are congenital .
conjecture
----
statement made without adequate evidence
“ Can Jack sure ly reach that conclusion?” I asked. “Or is it only a conjecture ?”
conjugal
----
pertaining to marriage
Unless you can juggle both your careers, you will not have conjugal happiness.
contort
----
twist; bend
We recommend that you contact your local contorti onist in order to learn the skills necessary for sitting in an SAT chair.
contrition
----
remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing
When Trish broke the priceless gorilla sculpture, she was overcome with contrition .
controversial
----
of, relating to, or causing dispute
Distributing contra ceptives in high school is a controversial issue.
convoke
----
to call together; to cause to assemble
Note:
Decode:
The mayor convokes a town meeting so that the citizens can voc alize their grievances.
corp-
----
a root meaning “body”
Example: corp se = dead body
corporal
----
of the body; bodily
Corporal Thomas gave me corporal punishment because I saluted him with my foot instead of my hand.
corpulent
----
obese; having a fat body
The corpulent corp oral gave up eating for Lent .
corroborate
----
to testify in agreement
Do you have any witnesses who can corroborate that this is the restaurant where Bonnie and Clyde (co-robbers) ate ?
countermand
----
to cancel a command
“Work in the stockroom today,” the shopkeeper ordered. “No, wait!” he countermanded , “Keep the front counter manned !”
covert
----
concealed; secret (see OVERT )
When the press finds out about the CIA’s covert operations, the CIA tries to cover it up.
cower
----
to quiver; shrink from fear
The coward cowered .
crass
----
uncultured
“Is it crass to scratch an ass ?” the cow asked the donkey.
credulity
----
gullibility
His credulity led him to think that the preposterous alibi was cred ible. I found it too in cred ible to believe.
crestfallen
----
dejected
“I’m sorry I dropped the toothpaste,” he said, crestfallen .
crux
----
main point; central issue; heart of the matter
Note:
Crux is the Latin word for “cross,” as you can tell from the word crucifix , and a cross is always made when two lines meet in the center.
“The crux of our work is to cruc ify crooks ,” explained the Roman policeman.
cull
----
to select; weed out
Coll ege admissions officers cull the best applications from the pile.
cupidity
----
greed; avarice
Note:
Although Cupid is usually associated with love, he’s actually the god of desire, including desire for money.
Dan is possessed with stupidity as well as cupidity ; he stole a lot of money, but then he burned it to get rid of the evidence.
A Mystery
It was one of those steamy nights when the sky is lousy with stars. I was enjoying a cathartic cerebration and culling the blue M&M’s from the M&M cache in the office of the Sure-Lock Homes Locksmith and Detective Agency. Suddenly, my cogitations were interrupted by a cacophonous sound and a cataclysmic vibration that reverberated through my capacious office. I stepped with circumspection into the hall because I was afraid someone might be up to some chicanery . I found a chaotic scene: a corpulent man lying contorted at the bottom of the stairs. Blood was gushing through a wound in his side, and I could see the ciliated lining of his small intestine. I decided to take charge.
I asked with compunction , “Golly, are you okay?”
He replied caustically , “Sure, I’m just swell. And how
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